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War Gothic in Literature and Culture (Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature) by Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet; Steffen Hantke; Leigh M. McLennon; John Armstrong; Jayme Yahr; Hans Staats; Ben Kooyman; Glen Donnar; Steven Holmes; John Höglund; Gwyneth Peaty; Kylee Hartman-Warren; Agata Zarzycka; Karen J. Renner is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In the context of the current explosion of interest in Gothic literature and popular culture, this interdisciplinary collection of essays explores for the first time the rich and long-standing relationship between war and the Gothic. Critics have described the global Seven Year's War as the "crucible" from which the Gothic genre emerged in the eighteenth century. Since then, the Gothic has been a privileged mode for representing violence and extreme emotions and situations. Covering the period from the American Civil War to the War on Terror, this collection examines how the Gothic has provided writers an indispensable toolbox for narrating, critiquing, and representing real and fictional wars. The book also sheds light on the overlap and complicity between Gothic aesthetics and certain aspects of military experience, including the bodily violation and mental dissolution of combat, the dehumanization of "others," psychic numbing, masculinity in crisis, and the subjective experience of trauma and memory. Engaging with popular forms such as young adult literature, gaming, and comic books, as well as literature, film, and visual art,__War Gothic__provides an important and timely overv

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Author

Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet; Steffen Hantke; Leigh M. McLennon; John Armstrong; Jayme Yahr; Hans Staats; Ben Kooyman; Glen Donnar; Steven Holmes; John Höglund; Gwyneth Peaty; Kylee Hartman-Warren; Agata Zarzycka; Karen J. Renner

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781317383246

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Fiction, Literary Criticism